Brundred v. Egbert
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 24, Oct. T., 1893, by plaintiff, B. F. Brundred, from judgment of C. P. Venango Co., Aug. T., 1890, No. 5, on verdict for defendants, A. G. Egbert et al. Ejectment for sixteen and one half acres of land. The facts appear by the opinion of the Supreme Court.
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Appeal, No. 24, Oct. T., 1893, by plaintiff, B. F. Brundred, from judgment of C. P. Venango Co., Aug. T., 1890, No. 5, on verdict for defendants, A. G. Egbert et al. Ejectment for sixteen and one half acres of land. The facts appear by the opinion of the Supreme Court. The court, Taylor, P. J., charged in part as follows: “ From about 1869, the 150 acres was regularly assessed upon the seated list through each year until 1880. For the years 1877, 1878 and 1879, the land was assessed to Egbert and Taft, but the taxes were not paid by them. The land was sold by the treasurer, Davidson, to W. W.…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mb,. Justice Williams,
This case presents an interesting question. It is raised on the following facts : In 1859 a patent issued out of the land office to C. Heydrick and J. L. Hanna for a tract of land containing four hundred and forty acres, twenty-seven perches, and an allowance of six per cent. They made an amicable partition by deed allotting the eastern half of the tract to Hanna and the western half to Heydrick. The division line was not actually run, but the deed provided that it should be run parallel to the east line of the tract, and at such a distance therefrom as to make…
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